Career Center (ROP)
The Career Center is your go-to spot for resources regarding careers, colleges, scholarships, military, vocational/trade schools, and other opportunities available through our district and its partners. We are here to help you explore and conquer the many possibilities available to ensure a successful future!
Career Exploration is simply learning about various occupations and their "fit" with your unique career preferences, e.g. the skills, interests, and values you want satisfied by your career. Career assessments are ways to learn more about how well a variety of careers might suit you. Each assessment focuses on a specific area, such as skills, interests, or values. Typically, an assessment asks you to answer questions about what you like, don't like, what’s important to you, and what your strengths are.
Since assessment results may relate to as many as 900 different occupations, do not panic if your results include careers that do not interest you. Experts recommended that you take more than one assessment to broaden your ideas before you make a decision.
What can an assessment help you do?
- Learn about occupations that are a good match for you
- Decide where you need more training or experience
- Identify the skills you bring to a job
- Write more personal, detailed resumes and cover letters
- Consider careers you may not have thought about before
Career Exploration Resources
California Career Zone-- www.cacareerzone.org
Virtual Job Shadow-- www.virtualjobshadow.com
California Career Center-- www.calcareercenter.org
Bureau of Labor and Statistics-- https://www.bls.gov/
Career Technical Education (CTE) works to ensure that students can develop the fundamental knowledge and skills that a career-ready student needs in order to prepare for the transition to postsecondary education, career training, or the workforce.
Learn more about the California Industry Sectors and the opportunities within them. https://www.cacareerzone.org/clusters
Grand Terrace High School Career Pathways
From Tigers to Titans
What is Linked Learning?
All Linked Learning Academy students follow a topic-specific pathway, designed as a multi-year, comprehensive program that engages them through project-based learning in the classroom paired with career exposure and practical application in a real-world setting. All Linked Learning Academies include:
- A college-prep academic core emphasizing real-world application.
- A technical core of three or more courses meeting industry standards.
- Work-based and project-based learning.
- Personalized student support systems (academic, emotional, social, college, and career guidance)
Linked Learning connects strong academics with real-world experience in a wide range of fields, such as engineering, digital media arts, and biomedical and health sciences. It focuses on a district's high schools on helping all students perform at higher levels and preparing them for both college and career.
Linked Learning is a high school transformation approach whose time has come.
Pathways
- CARE Pathway
- Engineering Pathway
- A.R.T.S. Academy